Glove.



No. 838,518. PATENTED DEG.18, 1906.

I. J.- BRADSHAW & B. B. DOWNARD. A

GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10. 1905,

In: NORRIS PETERS co WASHINGYON, 0. c4

-the process of attaching the parts.

UNITE STATES PATENT @FFICE.

IRVIN J. BRADSHAW AND BYRON B. DOWNARD, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed May 10,1905. Serial No. 259,844.

To all whom it ntcty concern.-

Be it known that we, IRVIN J. Bnxnsnxw and BYRON B. DOWNARD, residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

Our invention has relation to improve ments in gloves.

The object of the invention is to provide a glove, palm-protector, or the like with an improved form of finger, which finger shall possess the maximum strength, as well as capability to resist wear at the point where the greatest wear and strain occur.

IVith the above primary object and other incidental objects in view the invention consists of the devices and parts or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a fragment of the palm-piece of a glove, showing the cut in the same to form the finger-opening and an integral tongue formed by said out. Fig. 2 is a view showing a fragment of the palm-piece, the tongue and the thumb-blank being at an initial stage in Fig. 3 is a view showing the completed thumb, the outer face of said thumb being broken away. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the thumb on the line 4 4: of Fig. 8, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 6 indicates a glove, the palm-piece 7 thereof being provided with an oblong fingeropen ing 8.

The blank from which the finger is formed is indicated by the numeral 9. The upper edge of this blank is curved or rounded upwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. One lateral edge 10 of the blank is inclined inwardly slightly toward the lower edge, while the lower edge is composed of two downwardly-curved portions 11 11, the meetingpoint or apex of said downwardly-curved portions being indicated by the numeral 12. The other side edge of the blank is continued upwardly from the lower edge at a slight outward incline, as indicated by the numeral 13, to a point 14, where it meets an outwardly and downwardly curved edge 15. In the drawings we show the finger-blank as a thumb-piece and in connection with a glove. It will be understood, however, that the finger may be used in connection with numerous varieties of gloves, including so-called palm-protectors, and with any finger, not necessarily the thumb, of different forms or styles of glove.

It will be seen that the cut in the palmpiece 7 to form the opening 8 is not a complete cut, the lines of the cut terminating short of each other at their lower ends, so that a tongue 16 is left, which tongue is integral at its lower end with the palm-piece.

I11 forming and securing the finger-blank the said blank is first applied to the outer or right side of the palm-piece with the wrong side of the finger-blank outermost and with the laterallyextending and downwardlycurved edge 15 registering with the lower edge of the finger-opening 8. These parts are now stitched together by a stitch-line 17, a reinforcing-strip 18 being preferably interposed between the blank and the palm-piece and secured by said stitch-line, all as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. After the finger-blank is attached in the manner described it is then, together with the tongue 16, forced through the opening 8, so as to be brought onto the wrong side of the palmpiece, the wrong side of the blank being then next to said wrong side of the palm-piece. The finger-blank is now folded longitudinally along a straight line from the point or apex 12 of the two downwardly-curved portions at the lower edge of the blank with the wrong sides of the folds outermost. The folding in this manner effects the finger formation and also brings the tongue 16 outside of the fold with the wrong side of said tongue outermost. The loose edges of the finger so formed are secured together by a stitch-line 19, which starts at the point 20 and is then carried around the lower end of the finger, also passing through the lower edge of the tongue 16, thence extended upwardly, securing the loose outer edges together. The remaining upper rounded portion of the finger is placed edge to edge with the remaii'iingupper portion of the opening 8, and the stitchline 19 is continued around these edges until it meets one of the ends of the stitch-line 17. By this construction the edges of the fingerblank are secured to the edges of the opening 8, and the meeting edges formed by the folding of the blank are also secured together, the tongue 16, which is integral at its upper end with the lower edge of the opening 8, being otherwise secured only at its lower end through the medium of, the stitch-line 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

If desired, and before the stitch-line 19 is made, a reinforcing-strip 21 may be inserted between the edges of the folds of the blank and then carried around the lower end of the finger formation, thence upwardly between the outer side edges, then around and be tween the upper edge of the finger and the corresponding bordering edge of the fingeropening, terminating at a point where it meets one of the ends of the reinforcingstrip 18.

The finger formed as above described, either with or without the reinforcing-strip 21, is then pushed through the opening 8 to the right side of the glove, with the result that the right side of the finger is then brought outermost and the tongue 16 will lie within the finger.

It will be seen from the construction described that the inner tongue 16 forms no part of the thumb formation, but that the thumb is composed of a single piece independent of the inner tongue, the said inner tongue serving to reinforce the one-piece thumb at the points herein fully described.

Heretofore in the manufacture of gloves and the like the weakest and most vulnerable portion is at the lower edge or crotch of the finger and the greatest wear on the finger is on the inner side thereof, or that side which comes in contact with the articles which are grasped. By our improved construction it will be seen that the tongue 16 not only reinforces the finger at the weakest pointviz., at the crotch of said fingerb'ut also strengthens and reinforces that portion of the finger which is subjected to the greatest wear by constantly coming in. contact with the articles grasped.

iVhile we prefer that the tongue 16 should be an integral part of the lowerboroering edge of the linger-opening, yet we do not wish I to be understood as limiting ourselves thereto, inasmuch as we would consider it to be within the spirit and scope of our invention to provide a tongue non-integral with the palm-piece, but stitched at one end to or near to the lower bordering edge of the finger-opening.

\Ve also do not desire to be limited to a finger constructed as pointed out in detail herein, but deem our invention, broadly speaking, to reside in the construction of any form of finger provided with an interior tongue which at its upper edge reinforces and strengthens the crotch of the finger, irre spective as to whether or not said tongue is continued downwardly to also act as a reinforce for the inner side of the finger.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. The combination with a finger formed from a single blank, said blank having an upper rounded edge and a lateral extension from one of its side edges, and said blank having its lower edge formed into two downwardly-curved portions, the said blank being folded along a straight line from the point or apex of the two downwardly curved portions of the lower edge, the said two downwardly-curved portions being held together. and the side edges stitched together by a stitch-line extending to the outer point of the lateral extension, thereby leaving an opening at the upper or inner end of the finger, of a palm-piece provided. with a finger-opening, the lower edge of said finger-opening having a tongue projecting therefrom and entering the finger and extending interiorly over the crotch of said finger, and the edges of the opening of the finger being secured to the edges of the opening of the palm-piece in such manner that the stitch-line of the finger is along the outer edge and around the lower end of said finger and through the lower end of the internal tongue, with the lateral extension of the finger extending around and secured to the lower bordering edge of the opening of the palm-piece.

2. The combination with a finger formed from a single blank,.said blank having an upper rounded edge and a lateral extension from one of its side edges, and said blank having its lower edge formed into two downwardly-curved portions, the said blank being folded along a straight line from the point or apex of the two downwardly-curved portions of the lower edge, the said two downwardly-curved portions being stitched to- 1 gether, and the side edges stitched together by a stitch-line extending to the outer point of the lateral extension, thereby leaving an opening at the upper or inner end of the finger, of a palm-piece provided with a fingeropening, the lower edge of said finger-opening having a tongueprojecting therefrom and entering the finger and extending interiorly over the crotch of said finger. and the edges of the opening of the finger being secured to the edges of the opening of the palm-piece in such manner that the stitch-line of the finger is along the outer edge and around the lower end of said finger and through the lower end of the internal tongue, with the lateral extension of the finger extending around and secured. to the lower bordering edge of the opening of the palm-piece, the said several edges being stitched together in such manner that the stitch-lines are innermost.

3. In a glove, the combination with the palm-piece thereof provided with a fingeropening, of a finger stitched to and extending from the bordering edge of said opening, saidstitch-line, the said stitchdine, and the stitch- In testimony whereof We aflix our signaline connecting the finger to the bordering I tures in presenceof two Witnesses. edge of the finger-opening being disposed in- IRVIN J. BRADSHAW. nermost and therefore not subject to external BYRON B. DOWNARD.

5 Wear, and a tongue Within the finger and eX- \Vitnesses:

tending from the lower edge of the finger en- ANNA F. SCHMIDTBAUER,

l l tirely over the crotch of the finger. I A. L. MORSELL 

